DeMar DeRozan Dunk Contest

DeMar DeRozan has confirmed he will be participating in Slam Dunk Contest in Dallas!

The best part of the night for me was talking to DeMar DeRozan who confirmed that he will be participating in the dunk contest during All-Star weekend in February (remember SLAMonline broke that news first) and he said that he had “Some s**t,” so everybody get ready. He didn’t seem to be up on dunk contest history too much because he asked me if any rookies had ever won it. I told him that JR Rider won when he was a rookie, as well as Kobe Bryant and Gerald Green. But it was no big deal; I just liked the way that he was thinking. Raptor Nation, you may have another dunk title coming your way real soon.

I don't know if DeRozan has the creativity to win, but who knows.
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I hope Shannon Brown gets in, he has some ridiculous hops.
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Didn't Nate Robinson say that he would only come back if LeBron was in it this year? I'm pretty sure LeBron is backing out of it right now, which would mean a star-less dunk contest, BAD for the NBA.

I think he has a chance to win it. The dunk comp helped propel Carter's career and I think while DeRozan isn't on the same rookie level that Carter was on, by winning the dunk comp it will give him added confidence and maybe a greater sense of belonging? Just an idea...

I'm happy for him, but I won't get as excited as I did when I thought Moon was going to be the cat's meow. Talk about a huge disappointment and poor dunk selection on his behalf.

But overall, that particular dunk competition was a joke. D12's "Superman" schtik was ridiculous mostly because he didn't even dunk the damn ball.

Anyhow, the competition as a whole has been a huge disappointment since Vince won it. Hopefully DeMar can instill come excitement once again.

Completely agree with the Dwight Howard comment. I mean it was NOT even a DUNK! And I'm also getting sick of the costumes, they're getting old. Using costumes once was creative, but copying everyone else is just lame.